[#3Fan]

Booth did not know the war was over. The principle actors did not even know the war was over. What Lincoln had, what Lincoln was celebrating, was the honerable surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. Lincoln's greatest fear was that the country would be ripped asunder by partisan warfare and guerrilla attacks for years to come. He did not know the war was over.

Booth knew the war was over. Lincoln knew the war was over. You guy's defense of this murderer speaks volumes about your character.

Davis pressed Johnston to take his army Westward into the trans-Mississippi where the remaining confederates could regroup and rally. He did not know the war was over.

Yes he did.

News of the surrender of the ANV would take weeks to make it into the western theater and the deep south, especially since Sherman had destroyed any mechanism for communication. You are mistaken about the facts.

Booth knew the war was over. Even most southerners despised Booth.

[Gianni]

Booth knew the war was over. Lincoln knew the war was over.

Yes he did.

Booth knew the war was over.

rustbucket, nolu chan, and I have all provided relelvent information which shows that the war was not yet over. Yes he did is not adequate refutation of fact.

You guy's defense of this murderer speaks volumes about your character.

Correcting a false statement is not defense of a murderer. Your hyperbole is getting worse.